The Australian National Youth Championships is a series of annual youth events run by the Australian Baseball Federation

Australian Baseball Federation

The Australian Baseball Federation is the national governing body of Baseball in Australia. Baseball is played in all the mainland states and territories, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the comparable sport of cricket, in which Australia has...

. There are tournaments for U18 (AAA), U16 (AA) and U14 (A) levels and are competed by Queensland

Queensland

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, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, South Australia

South Australia

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, Western Australia

Western Australia

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, Territories (ACT

Australian Capital Territory

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 & North Territory), New South Wales Country and Victoria Provincial.

Teams are picked by the state governing bodies from their respective state titles. The tournaments also serve a purpose for national teams to be picked.

AAA Leaders

Defensive Stats*

Name	Wins	Saves	IP	ERA
Nathan DRIESSEN	2	0	15.1	0.00
Donovan HENDRICKS	0	0	12.2	0.71
Timothy COX	0	0	10.1	0.87

Offensive Stars*

Name	Avg	Hits	RBI
James LINGER	.405	17	17
Brodie WYATT	.400	12	3
Trent BAKER	.368	14	9

http://www.wa.baseball.com.au/site/baseball/wa/downloads/Events%20Tournaments%20200708/AAA%20U18%20National%20Champs%20Stats/lgplyrs.htm#leagp.ldr

External links

• National Youth Championship home